Posted 4 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret Down19 Fascinating Times That Actors' Real Emotions Jumped Out In Movies And Made The Final Cut"It was real, man...
We were freaked. The actors were all frightened."by Ellen DurneyBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Actors are very, very talented people. But even the Oscar-winners of the world can struggle to mask their real reactions when something unexpected happens. So, here's a roundup of movie moments where the actors' genuine reactions were captured on camera and included in the final cut. 1. Jennifer Jason Leigh bagged an Oscar nomination for The Hateful Eight, but there was no acting involved when her co-star, Kurt Russell, mistakenly smashed up a 150-year-old guitar right before her eyes. (C)Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection There's a scene in which Jennifer's character, Daisy, is playing the guitar and Kurt's character, John, snatches it out of her arms and violently demolishes it. Jennifer was playing an antique Martin guitar, worth $40,000, that they'd borrowed from a museum - but Kurt, unfortunately, did not know this. The Weinstein Company "I thought we were going to trade out the guitars," Jennifer told Billboard in 2016. "Kurt thought it must be a dummy guitar. I don't think Quentin [Tarantino] knew that it was the [vintage instrument], either....
Kurt felt terrible; he had no idea. When he found out, his eyes literally welled up." They kept the disastrous moment in the final cut of the movie, in which you can hear Jennifer - in a flash of complete authenticity - exclaiming, "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" as Kurt smashes the guitar to pieces. The Weinstein Company 2. The moment in Pretty Woman when Richard Gere snaps shut the jewelry box on Julia Roberts' fingers was totally improvised, so her big cackle is entirely authentic. Buena Vista Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection With the intention of creating a funny moment for the gag reel, director Garry Marshall initially asked Richard to snap the box as a way to wake up a tired Julia. However, her reaction was too good not to include in the real thing. "It became like the trademark of the movie," he later said. (C)Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 3. The horrifying projector scene in It showcased the kids' genuine terror at seeing Bill Skarsgård in costume as Pennywise for the first time. "Andy [Muschietti, the director] successfully kept Bill away from the kids for as long as possible," a producer on the movie said. "That was one of [his] things in terms of scaring the kids, having them not know what Pennywise was gonna look like." Warner Bros. And although the first interaction might have been very intense, Bill went on to develop close bonds with his young co-stars in order to help them feel more comfortable with him in his full Pennywise costume. Check out this adorable video compilation of him high-fiving and hugging the kids between takes while dressed as Pennywise; it's incredible. Eric Charbonneau / Getty Images 4. While shooting The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Viggo Mortensen broke two toes on camera after kicking a helmet during a scene in which his character, Aragorn, mistakenly thinks that Merry and Pippin have died. New Line Cinema He screams and falls to the ground. And while the display of anguish made total sense for the performance, Viggo was actually crying in genuine pain. They kept it in the final film. New Line Cinema 5. During his intense monologue as Calvin Candie in Django Unchained, Leonardo DiCaprio badly cut himself after he slammed his hand on a table and hit a glass. (C)Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection The real pain added to the intensity of the scene, Leo said he was "glad" that Quentin Tarantino kept the take in the final cut. "My hand started really pouring blood all over the table. Maybe they thought it was done with special effects. I wanted to keep going," Leo told the Hollywood Reporter in 2012. In a brief moment of authenticity, you can see that Leo looks concernedly at his hand while picking out the pieces of real glass during the monologue. He received a standing ovation from the cast and crew after the cameras stopped rolling - and rightfully so! Weinstein Company / Sony Pictures And, no, in case you're worried, the part where Leo then smears his bloodied hand all over Kerry Washington's character's face was shot with fake blood afterwards, not the actual blood dripping from his real injury. Weinstein Company / Sony Pictures 6. Although Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote the script for Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams was still able to incorporate some improvisation. So, when Robin ad-libbed a hilarious story about his wife's farts during one of the therapy scenes, Matt fully cracked up on camera. Miramax The touching moment remains in the final film, which won Oscars for Robin, Matt, and Ben. After Robin tells the joke, you can see that Matt looks off-camera for a brief second before he begins to break down. My fa